Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.

Quote by James A Garfield

Topics: American Dream Quotes

I am a poor hater.

I am a poor hater.

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I...

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I...

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the...

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the...

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the...

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the...

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the...

Suicide is not a remedy.

Suicide is not a remedy.

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...